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    The all-wheel drive system was created for automobiles to ensure that the driver wouldn’t get stuck in rough terrain, which was a problem in the early 1900's, when people had to get somewhere without delay. It wasn’t until the late 1930's and the early 1940's that all-wheel drive was used constantly by the military and by civilians. The first all-wheel drive system was built by the Cunningham Engineering Company of Boston, in 1900. The system was used on a steam wagon, which was driven by chains. The first dramatic change in all-wheel drive was in 1941, when Willy's Overland and Ford won the contract for the definitive general purpose vehicle, the jeep. The first civilian jeep was introduced to the public in 1946 after the war. The jeep was named the CJ-2A, there was a Fageol Twin Coach Special that featured two engines and four wheel drive at Indianapolis. In 1948, the first jeep influenced vehicle was created, the Land Rover. The Land Rover was first introduced at the Amsterdam motor show. The Land Rover was one of the most used vehicles in the U.S. army during the late 1940's and early 1950's. Around April, 1958, Land Rover created a new and improved version of the Land Rover. This upgrade was due to a woman named Batra Wilkes, she complained to her husband that the Land Rover was not female-friendly. She wanted to be more comfortable, and she wanted fewer sharp edges. Land Rover created the series two in that woman’s favor. It featured a larger rear window to improve…

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    Mercedes Benz Case Study

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    Introduction Mercedes-Benz is a multinational brand of the German maker Daimler AG, the brand is utilized for extravagance vehicles, transports, mentors, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The name initially showed up in 1926 under Daimler-Benz which is generally viewed as the main vehicles. Mercedes-Benz is a piece of the "German Big 3" extravagance automakers, alongside Audi and BMW, which are the three top of the line extravagance automakers on the planet…

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    When I was a little girl my mom never let me ride on a motorcycle. When I was an exchange student in Germany, everything changed. During my first three months there I had already tried new food, met new people, and started to learn a new language. I was feeling invincible from all these new experiences. I wanted to try everything possible during that year, because I wanted to keep this phenomenal feeling up. One day my host father, Burkhard, invited me to go on a tour that was a tradition for…

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    Mercedes Benz Ethos

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    The Mercedes Benz’ “Close to Our Hearts” advertisement utilizes professional rhetoric to alter it’s audience’s mood with auditory and visual cues in order to evoke emotions and thoughts that tie the company and audience together in hopes that the audience may be persuaded to purchase a new vehicle. Because this is a marketing strategy by Mercedes Benz to connect with consumers, it is fairly obvious that the speaker in this commercial is the brand themselves. With Mercedes propagation of this…

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    Tata Motors Case Study

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    1.) The challenges that Tata Motors faced during moving from producing commercial vehicles line to producing passenger cars: First of all Tata Motors was into the business of integrated commercial vehicles, but as after post-independence govt. of India reserved the production of Locomotives exclusively for state owned enterprises. Than Tata motors decided to diversify itself in heavy commercial vehicles in 1954. Market competition which is a part of industry environment that directly plays a…

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    as being inevitably caused by great armament. However, as Foreign Secretary only during early World War One, his opinion may not be applicable to other conflicts during this period. This includes the Austro-Prussian War, a war that led to a united Germany which arguably played a role in the origins of two World Wars, World War Two, a war in which 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Cold War, in which conflict occurred…

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    German Unification Dbq

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    Ideas and beliefs have proved to be an extraordinary force throughout all of history. Ideas in the enlightenment period leading to a new way of thinking, religious beliefs leading to war. For Italy, Germany and others it was nationalism which changed their history in the 19th century and led to wars for independence. Although nationalism helped Italian and German unification it also led to the breakup of empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman. Nationalism is the idea that people of…

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    Many German states were independent and were hesitant that a Prussian state that seems very obedient. The Danish War took place in 1864. Bismarck teamed up with Austria, but secretly Austria was his enemy. Bismarck and Austria combined, defeated Denmark and took Schleswig as a price, which resulted in Holstein going to Austria. Germany targeted Denmark because Denmark controlled the northern properties and they wanted Schelwig. The unification of Germany forced the states to pull together and…

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    Bismarck Research Paper

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    France, Napoleon Ⅲ, was persuaded that both states would be exhausted after the war by Bismarck. As a result, Prussia defeated Austria in seven weeks. Although Austria did not lose territory, except Venetia to Italy, Austria lost her dominance in Germany. Indeed, Austria had to concede North German Confederation with no Austrian representative replaced the German Confederation . Two-thirds of all Germans were under Prussian dominance. The southern states compelled to accept the military alliance…

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